CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF REFERRALS TO ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF REFERRALS TO ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

<p>Background. Clinical neurophysiologists observe a large number of examinees referred to a electromyographic (EMG) laboratory without clinical symptoms or signs of the peripheral nervous system lesion. Such referrals do not improve management of patients, but only unnecessarily burden examin...

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Main Author: Simon Podnar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2003-04-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Subjects:
clinical neurophysiology
indications
needle electromyography
nerve conduction studies
neurological examination
peripheral neurology
referrals
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/1819

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